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Reel knowledge: Event teaches veterans to build fishing rods
Around 30 veterans learned to build fishing rods on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids.
The Titan Project is a non-profit that aims to gather groups of veterans, help them build support networks and prevent suicide.
Army veteran Ken Manley (center) of Marion, Iowa, joins other veterans, active duty service and family of service members in building their own carbon fiber fishing rods during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Scott Keely, a retired Colonel, Walleye Tour Pro and owner of SK Custom Lures talks to Ruben Razo of Columbus Junction, Iowa, as Razo builds himself a carbon fiber fishing rod during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Army veteran Ken Manley of Marion, Iowa, positions reel seat components on the carbon fiber fishing rod he is building during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Four-year-old Jozy (cq) Murphy hangs onto his father Lucas's hand as Lucas leads a group in prayer before a lunch meal during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Lucas is a chaplain with the Iowa Army National Guard. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Scott Keely, a retired Colonel, Walleye Tour Pro and owner of SK Custom Lures talks to Army veteran Ken Manley of Marion, Iowa, as Manley builds himself a carbon fiber fishing rod during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marine Corp. veteran Kassie Petersen of Brandon, Iowa, brushes adhesive too the end of her carbon fiber fishing rod as she attaches components during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Joel Vandekrol of Ankeny, Iowa, president of Eyeconic Fishing watches as Syler Lewis Holmes, 12, winds thread around a rod guide to fasten it to his carbon fiber fishing rod he is making during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Syler Lewis Holmes, 12, packs thread closer together as he winds thread around a rod guide to fasten it to his carbon fiber fishing rod he is making during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Joel Vandekrol (center) of Ankeny, Iowa, president of Eyeconic Fishing checks the alignment of components on a carbon fiber fishing rod being made by Army veteran Ken Manley (left) of Marion, Iowa, as Syler Lewis Holmes, 12, winds thread around a rod guide to fasten it to his fishing rod during The Titan Project's Reeling in Vets fishing rod making workshop at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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